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Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan

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July 22, 2022

What Makes Biden So Pugnacious? By Patrick J. Buchanan

That friendly fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might not have been such a defining moment -- had Biden not first set himself up.

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July 15, 2022

Is a US-Russia War Becoming Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan

At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for Finland?

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July 12, 2022

New York Times to Biden -- Time to Go! By Patrick J. Buchanan

When President Joe Biden retired in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday night, he likely did not expect to find a severed horse's head under his bed covers.

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July 8, 2022

Latest Symptoms of a Disintegrating Nation by Patrick J. Buchanan

In Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster," the tale is told that if you approached Webster's grave and called out his name, a voice would boom in reply, "Neighbor, how stands the Union?"

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June 3, 2022

US and Ukraine, Goals in Conflict By Patrick J. Buchanan

Among the nations aiding Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian invasion, America has been foremost. Yet the war interests of our two nations are not identical.

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May 27, 2022

Are All Men Created Equal? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Ideology is political religion, said the conservative sage Russell Kirk.

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May 24, 2022

Will Midterms Be Biden's Last Hurrah? By Patrick J. Buchanan

For half a decade now, America's media elite have been obsessed with former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's conversion to Trumpism.

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May 20, 2022

Quo Vadis, Mother Russia? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century," said Russia's new ruler Vladimir Putin in his 2005 state of the nation address.

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May 17, 2022

Why Would US Give a War Guarantee -- to Finland? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Seeing Russia invade Ukraine, historically neutral Finland has undergone a late conversion and decided to join NATO immediately.

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May 13, 2022

Are All Court-Created Rights Now in Peril? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the storm that erupted over the leaked draft opinion of Justice Samuel Alito, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, a secondary alarm has arisen among our elites.

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May 10, 2022

Is Ukraine's War Now America's War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Last week, sources leaked to The New York Times that, in Ukraine's targeting and killing of Russian generals and the sinking of Russia's Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, U.S. intelligence played an indispensable role.

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May 6, 2022

Alito 5 Must Stay the Course By Patrick J. Buchanan

Whoever leaked Alito's draft, it was a violation of an oath, an unethical act and a betrayal that ought to see the perpetrator fired in disgrace and disbarred permanently from the practice of law.

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May 3, 2022

Are Biden Democrats Holding a Losing Hand? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand."

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April 29, 2022

Will Putin Submit to US-Imposed 'Weakening'? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War's very object is victory -- not prolonged indecision."

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April 26, 2022

The French Center Holds -- In a World Coming Apart By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."

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April 22, 2022

First Priority -- Avoid US War With Russia By Patrick J. Buchanan

Asked if the U.S. should send troops to fight beside the Ukrainians, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Sunday the time may have come.

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April 19, 2022

'Open Borders' Biden Is Remaking America By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion."

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April 15, 2022

Should We Commit to Fight Russia -- for Finland? By Patrick J. Buchanan

The prime ministers of Sweden and Finland, Magdalena Andersson and Sanna Marin, both signaled Wednesday that they will likely be applying for membership in NATO.

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April 12, 2022

Message From Ukraine -- Nukes Do Deter By Patrick J. Buchanan

When he arrived at Christ the Savior Cathedral to pay his respects to the ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who had died of COVID-19, Russian President Vladimir Putin carried a clutch of red roses.

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April 8, 2022

Who Wins, Who Loses Gen. Milley's Long War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Speaking of the seven-week war in Ukraine ignited by Vladimir Putin, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is warning us to expect a war that lasts for years.